Streaming Is To Audio What Red Plastic Cups Are To Wine

Perhaps we could all benefit from being a little less literal.  An apt analogy might be religion; for some, I imagine that the rituals surrounding their religious practice help them more easily or effectively to connect spiritually.  And yet, objectively, you could easily argue that those rituals should have no material effect on one’s religious practice.  Heck, I’m an atheist, but if I’m in a church around the Christmas season, I invariably cry like a baby when we sing Christmas hymns because that ritual brings up so much family history.  It somehow bypasses my brain and gets deep into my heart.  A red plastic cup would probably get in the way of that connection.

High speed tape is a mainline barrel taste….

format wars are a complete waste of time

However to return to the OP, I have a question: Has he ever drunk wine while blindfolded from plastic cup and compared the experience to a fantastic crystal goblet, or whatever his preferred vessel may be? Perhaps with someone pouring a few drops onto his tongue from each? I suspect he wouldn’t know which was where the wine came from

@mahler123 

Respectfully, that’s completely besides the point. 

The point (my point) is that the practice of vinyl - with its sensory, tactile, experiential, taxonomic and humanistic ramifications - is rich with meaning, whereas streaming is largely a flat, disembodied experience that facilitates (but does not impose, to be fair) a passive, listless participation style.

The red plastic cup does not change the taste of wine, but it robs the act of wine drinking of its context and wrings all the charm out of it - try clinking red plastic cups with friends.

SOUND QUALITY ISN’T THE POINT (apologies for the caps)

Dumb, dumb, dumb. Just my opinion of course.

@tomic601 

format wars are a complete waste of time

Amen to that. 

I am currently enjoying listening to ripped Little Axe CDs. Maybe, I'll listen to some vinyl records later.